ALtera 14.0 drops support for Nios2 on Cyclone III and Stratix III !?

Hi,

I notice, based on 14.0 Altera IP release notes, that they appear to be dropping support for the Nios2 on Stratix III and Cyclone III starting with 14.0?!

We were hoping for a patch for rd1127772013_702, a fairly serious bug, but perhaps I shouldn't hold my breath.

Reference attached extract from the IP release notes, or the URLs below.

http://www.altera.com/literature/rn/rn_ip.pdf

(http://www.altera.com/literature/rn/rn_ip.pdf)http://www.altera.com/support/kdb/solutions/rd11272013_702.html

Jeff

Nios2 IP Release Notes 14.0, June 2014

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Fixed issue concerning instruction cache operation with ECC

Added Nios II Gen2 core

Improved Nios II/f core.

ECC support for data cache and TCMs.

Optional 32-bit addressing.

Faster arithmetic instructions.

Optional uncached peripheral memory region.

More flexible debugging options.

Avalon streaming interface for trace.

Includes Nios II/f and Nios II/e. Nios II/s processor core not supported.

Simpler, more flexible parameter editor in Qsys.

Removed support for the following devices:

• Stratix III

• Cyclone III

• Cyclone III LS